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Michael Gove has spoken out claiming campaigners against the planning reforms are stopping children growing tall by forcing them to live in smaller homes with shared bedrooms. He also added that keeping the planning restrictions would have stunted educational growth for many. Telegraph, p1

The Times suggests that all the best people want to display masonry in their homes. Actors like Oliver Thornton and One Direction star Harry Styles have both been attracted by exposed brick. Matt Stanway, sales manager at Urban Spaces believes properties with exposed brick have the edge in terms of desirability. The more loft features – concrete ceilings wooden flooring, steel factory windows – the better. Times B&M, p5

Number of first time buyers has swelled according LSL Property Services. There were 26,100 people buying homes for the first time in July, up 8,000 through the year. Information from Connells Survey and Valuation added to LSL’s figures, suggesting that August had seen 40% more first time buyers than the same month the previous year. City AM, p7; Times, p47; Guardian, p13; FT, p3

Investors, buoyed by the apparent momentum of the economy, expect the first rise in interest rates to come almost two years earlier than the Bank of England indicated last week. Market interest rate expectations suggest the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will disregard its new forward guidance and raise the rate in the final months of 2014 or beginning of 2015. Financial Times, p1

New rules to limit pay in the financial sector are being unnecessarily rushed according to the British Bankers’ Association. The lobby group recommends the rules be postponed until 2015. In its submission to the European Banking Authority, the BBA said the EU’s decision to equate earnings with those considered to be a material risk taker meant many relatively junior staff faced having their pay curbed. Telegraph, B1

The European Commission in expected to publish details of new legislation which would ban mobile roaming charges. From 2014, customers would be able to keep costs down by selecting another provider for calls, texts and data while travelling if their own network charges extra for service abroad. Guardian, p31